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The Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae, have met with Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO) trainees who are working to build the skills and knowledge they need to succeed through workplace training.
Associate Professor Andrew Allan, an expert in plant molecular physiology, has been appointed the new director of the Joint Graduate School in Plant and Food Science.
SNOW RAKING is done on most South Island stations but the toll from the worst southerly storm in decades remains to be seen.
THE QUICKEST way for farmers to get fast broadband internet is to get out their diggers, says Telecommunications Users Association (TUANZ) chief executive Paul Brislen.
IN A move apparently designed to appease farmers affected by its One Plan, Horizons Regional Council now proposes all farmers who need a consent under the One Plan will get one – to continue farming.
The annual South Island Dairy Event was held at Lincoln last week and while many sessions were sector specific, there were plenty of take-home messages for the wider farming industry. Andrew Swallow reports.
MPI HAS given the green light for lamb exports to India and one processor will have products in five-star Indian hotels by the end of this year.
BRITISH FARMERS are backing their Government in its quest to gain approval for the growing of genetically modified crops.
THE DAYS of lugging a knacksack sprayer over hill and gully for a few thistles may be over – if you can spare $30,000.
August is Bee Aware Month and the National Beekeepers Association is urging the government to take the threat to bees much more seriously.
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A Shanghai Court has upheld the findings against Zespri's China-based subsidiary and one of the subsidiary's employees, relating to the under-declaration of customs duties on imports into Shanghai of New Zealand kiwifruit between 2008 and 2010.
The phrase "from the farm to the customer" is often heard in agricultural circles, but Silver Fern Farms is turning that philosophy on its head.
New Zealand farmers are reporting a significantly improved outlook for the year ahead, with a big rally recorded in the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey.
A QUARANTINE grow-out requirement for imported grass seeds has been removed by MPI.
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